Is a glashen another word for pollock?

[flobadob]

When we were younger there was a type of fish which we called glashen. Looking at some pictures I think it is a pollock but different sites seem to show different fish in the images from other sites. Does anyone have a site with pictures of fish rather than drawings so I can check?

[redman41]

http://www.torbayfish.../sea-fish-species.htm

[flobadob]

Aye red I saw that one and the pollock shown there doesn't look like what I'd call a glashen but the one in this article does http://www.guardian.c.../14/food-foodanddrink and I'm just wondering which is which?

[redman41]

Glashen is the Irish word for Colefish. If you look at Colefish Pics and compare to Pollock !

[flobadob]

Looked up colafish and got this website http://www.google.ie/...l%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1 The thing is that the poolock and coalfish look very similar, one appears darker than the other but that could just be the lighting of the photos.

[paddywak]

It could well be a pollack, I've been going sea fishing for years and while I;ve never heard of a Glashen, I've found that many types have fish are called by different names in different parts of the country and some times even by size, for instance a Pouting is often refered to as a Scotch Haddock, or a small Coley as a Billet so it could just be a name local to where you grew up

[wotan]

Childish are called glashen on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Pollack are called liath.